The anti-climactic finale lacked any authenticity in the queens’ reactions to the double crowning, and it is obvious that Ru recorded a voice-over of the deliberation in post-production. Many fans were unhappy – not necessarily taking issue with the tie, but more so dissatisfied with the edit.

Going by the live reaction of Trinity and Monét, it is clear that neither of them expected the result, with Trinity very clearly in shock. It took a minute for the penny to finally drop and, when Ru clarified that both queens each won $100,000, they were able to relax and celebrate.

Trinity took to Twitter to clarify that she was happy to share her win with Monét:

We are doing just fine! Let’s all celebrate! #teammonet and #teamtrinity won! I can’t wait to meet you all this year and to share this new journey with you all! Again thank you all for so much love! Putting positive energy into the universe!

Gia took the opportunity to tell Monét to invest in “some real looks”, but when Monét responded in kind, Gia came for the queen for real, telling her that “a winner doesn’t go out of their way to make other people look bad and ride on other people’s joy”. Monét then called Gia out for her hypocrisy and clapped back with “last time I checked, you want to throw shade, but can’t take it?”

My personality has nothing to do with your nasty looks and the last time I checked, a winner doesn’t go out of their way to make other people look bad and ride on other peoples joy!

Farrah Moan expressed her frustration with the result, and suggested that both Monét and Trintiy each deserved the glory of a singular win:

I feel it’s worth noting that any of the top 4 could have won and I’d have been happy, ima big fan of them all. I just feel either trinity or Monét deserved more of their own moment regardless of who it would’ve been, especially after how much money, sweat and tears went into it

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